The Battle of Magersfontein - Victory and Defeat on the South African Veld, 10-12 December 1899

An iconic battle during the South African War, this book details the Magersfontein battle and other lead up actions to this battle. Using archival collections of survivor and battle accounts never before published, combined with terrain research, this book creates a first-hand narrative for all sides.

About the author

Dr Garth Benneyworth is Head of Department: Heritage Studies at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa. He specialises in the Heritage of Conflict, focussing on the South African War (1899-1902) and the War for Southern Africa (1960-1994). In 1999, he built the Magersfontein Battlefield Museum exhibition, is Chairperson of Council for the War Museum of the Boer Republics (Anglo Boer War Museum) and Senior Research Associate to the University of Johannesburg. His 30 years' research in archives and on battlefields results in this first academic work, covering Magersfontein, its interlinked military actions and heritage landscape.

Product details

• Authors: Garth Benneyworth
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781915113795
• ISBN: 978-1-915113-79-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 243 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 698 g
• Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914; From Musket to Maxim
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous